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Description: ""The authors present a daunting challenge???the move to evidence-based school counseling practice???but make a sound argument as to why it must be met and then get busy explaining how to do what we need to do.""???Katie Gray, Director of StudentMore...

""The authors present a daunting challenge???the move to evidence-based school counseling practice???but make a sound argument as to why it must be met and then get busy explaining how to do what we need to do.""???Katie Gray, Director of Student ServicesBlackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School, MA ""The dual scenarios at the beginning of each chapter are great examples of what an evidence-based approach looks like.""???Shawn Grime, School CounselorBryan High School, OH "Measure the difference you make in students' academic, career, and personal/social development!" Today's school counselors are under enormous pressure to document their effectiveness by using data and producing quantitative accountability reports???whether or not they???ve had the appropriate training. This authoritative guide from highly respected counselor educators and trainers gives preservice and inservice school counselors the tools to knowledgeably identify evidence-based practices in their field and to use data in designing, implementing, and evaluating programs and interventions. "Evidence-Based School Counseling "provides a practical process for using evidence to determine three critical issues: what needs to be done, which interventions should be implemented, and whether or not the interventions are effective. Aligned with the American School Counselor Association??'s National Model, this resource offers counselors skill-building guidelines for: Selecting, collecting, and analyzing data for informed planningCarrying out action research and building collaborative partnershipsMeasuring student learning and behavior changeCommunicating results to stakeholders, and more Ascounselors successfully incorporate data-based decision making and program planning into their work, they will witness positive academic and personal changes in the lives of their students.

Dr. John Carey is Director of thenbsp;Ronald H. Fredrickson Center for School Counseling Outcome Research & Evaluation and Professor of School Counseling at UMASS Amherst. He isnbsp;a recipient of an American School Counseling Associationnbsp;(ASCA) Counselor Educator of the Year Award.nbsp;Dr. Carey is included on the Fulbright Specialist Roster and works internationally to improve school-based counseling and school counselor education.nbsp;His research interests include school counseling outcome measurement, policy research in school-based counseling, standards-based models of school counseling, and the development of research-based interventions to promote academic achievement and eliminate the achievement gap. He is coeditor ofnbsp;Multicultural Counseling in Schools: A Practical Handbook.

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Moving to Evidence-Based School Counseling Practice

Integrating Evidence and Practice

A Model for Evidence-Based School Counseling Practice

Evidence-Based School Counseling in the Context of the Reform Movement

School Counseling and Standards

School Counseling Reform

Summary

Data-Based Decision Making: Knowing What Needs to Be Addressed

Data-Based Decision Making and School Improvement

Data-Based Decision-Making Models

A General Model for Data-Based Decision Making

Enabling Conditions for Data-Based Decision Making

Summary

Practical Considerations in Using Data

Types of Data

Collecting, Analyzing, and Disaggregating Data

Developing Data-Based Action Plans

Creating an Action Plan With Evaluation in Mind: Using Process, Perception, and Results Data

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